# gaman
## Gothic
### Romanization

gaman
* Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽

## Guugu Yimidhirr
### Noun

gaman
* (avoidance) parts of the face:
    bidi: forehead
    nhumbul: cheek
    walu: temple

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną. Cognates include Old English gamen (Modern English game).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːma(ː)n/
    Rhymes: -aːman

### Noun

gaman n (genitive singular gamans, no plural)
* fun, pleasure, enjoyment
    Synonyms: ánægja, yndi, skemmtun
* fun, merriment
    Synonyms: fjör, skemmtilegheit, skemmtun
* sexual intercourse
    Synonyms: samfarir, kynmök

#### Declension

$^1$Uncommon.

#### Derived terms

* gera að gamni sínu (synonyms glensa, spaugast; to say something for fun, to do something for fun, to jest)
* henda gamni að einhverjum (“to make fun of someone”)
* í gamni (“in fun”)
* gera eitthvað sér til gamans (“to do something for amusement”)
* þykja gaman að einhverju (“to enjoy something”)
* hafa gaman af einhverju (“to enjoy something”)
* þykja gaman að einhverju (“to enjoy something”)
* gaman að sjá þig (“nice to see you”)
* einnar nætur gaman
* gamanleikari
* gamanleikur
* gamansamur
* gamansemi
* lítið er ungs manns gaman (“young children need little to rejoice”)
* henda gaman að einhverjum, henda gaman að einhverju (“to make fun of someone, to make fun of something”)
* gera gaman að einhverjum, gera gaman að einhverju (“to make fun of someone, to make fun of something”)
* gera gaman úr einhverju
* til gamans gert, til gamans gjört
* maður er manns gaman
* fara að grána gamanið
* fara að kárna gamanið

#### Related terms

* gamna

#### See also

* glensa
* hafa skemmtun af einhverju
* skemmtun
* skop
* skopast
* skopast að einhverjum
* spaug
* spaugast

## Japanese
### Romanization

gaman
* Rōmaji transcription of がまん

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* gama (Telemark dialect)
* gåmå (Trøndelag dialect, Northern Gudbrandsdal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną. Compare English game and, probably, Russian гомон (gomon).

### Noun

gaman n (definite singular gamanet, uncountable)
* joy, fun
** Post-Reformation runic headstone from Tveito, close to Hovin (on Skirva river), probably quoting a lost Viking runic stone from Seljord area:
    (please add the primary text of this quotation)her lig eg raa(mund) af rystn med sama t(o)re u gud tag mig ind i dit sale gamaHere I lie so fittingly, Råmund from Rustan. Oh god Thorir, take me into your blessed joy.

### See also

* glede
* hugnad
* moro

### References

* “gaman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “gaman” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
* ↑ K. Jonas Nordby (2001) Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge: Opphav og tradisjon‎
* ↑ Wille, Hans Jacob (1989) Beskrivelse over Sillejords Præstegield (1786), page 27

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamaną. Cognates include Old English gamen (Modern English game).

### Noun

gaman n (genitive gamans)
* fun, merriment, enjoyment

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: gaman
* Faroese: gaman
* Norwegian Nynorsk: gaman, gama
** → Norwegian Bokmål: gaman
* Old Swedish: gaman, gamman, gammen
** Swedish: gamman
* Danish: gammen
** Norwegian Bokmål: gammen